WARNING: This post has been written by a number of different authors, including Brian, Linds and Mr. S. Read at your own risk!

Our cousins from Georgia arrived at our house over a week ago, and will be staying with us until we leave for another insane, 2 month vacation (at the end of July). This entry is an account of the goings on in our household before we leave on said vacation.

San Francisco

Do we look happy in this picture?  You do the math:

 San Francisco + 55 degrees + The baseball All-star game + 12 seater van + Dad who doesn’t know how to drive 12 seater van.  Oh yeah, we’re happy all right.

 What possessed us to go to San Francisco on a Saturday in the first place? Couldn’t we have just spent the day eating brussel sprouts and hagus, and watch some re-runs of Gilligan’s Island and Love Boat?  Every single place that we went to was crowded, loud, smelled, didn’t accommodate the van, cost too much, and had people with metal parts protruding out of appendages.  That’s pretty much all we have to say about San Francisco.  Actually, there were some highlights of the trip, like eating dinner at the Rainforest Café and buying 5 loaves of UNBELIEVABLE San Francisco Sourdough bread (humm… both food related, interesting).  Suffice it to say, we’re not really big San Francisco fans in our home.  Any of you relatives that want to come out and go there, we’ll be happy to give you directions, a cell phone, and we’ll even buy you the 7 gallons of gas it takes to get there and back. 

 Yosemite

 Yosemite was just a tad different than San Francisco.  KC was skeptical about the success of the day when we told him there wouldn’t be any sourdough bread there.  But after we started hiking around, that issue just went away.

Take a look at the picture below.  For those of you who have ever been to Yosemite and seen Yosemite Falls, can you believe how dry the river is?  For those of you who haven’t, the water usually fans out to encompass the blackish stains on the rock wall – this was just a trickle.  Well let’s just put it this way it was the total opposite of San Fran!  I’m (Brian) not very pessimistic but it lacked on the sourdough bread.  When we got there it was mid 60’s and pouring.  But we strove on to wait out the rain, and what do you know, it stopped.

The good thing about the falls being this small was that we were able to climb the rocks up to the base of the trickle. Do you think you can find us in this picture?

(Lindsey now) Here are some pictures of us going off of the beaten path to (yet again) climb rocks. I’m not sure what we are doing in this picture. Rach looks like she sees something that is making her sick to her stomach, KC has an itch on his forehead, and Brian is doing his “Crossing of the Delaware” pose. Don’t even ask me what I’m doing… little Mermaid is the first thing that comes to mind.

In front of El Capitan.  

Note how Dad is shoeless at this point. Rock climbing brings back so many memories for him. He almost died while rock climbing El Capitan in the 80’s, before my parents ever met or were married. I like this picture, because here’s my dad on the rock again, but this time with his third daughter. A wonderful picture of God’s providence.

Here are a couple of pirates we picked up on the way home. Oh, you didn’t know that pirates live in Yosemite? I’ll let you guess which one is the captain, and which one is the mutinous crew. Dad thinks that Eve looks like she just sat on her poniard.  

 Don’t do it Rach!!! Where’s Clarence? She wants to live again

Of course, one of our favorite parts of Yosemite is rock climbing. There are all sorts of cool rock features to climb. Here we are leaning, sitting and standing on a giant granite wall.

Here we are with one of our best friends… that’s right, Miwok! We would have gotten his autograph, but he was in a hurry. We had to content ourselves with this photo as a memento.

 Well that was our trip to Yosemite! It was so much more fun than San Fran. If you ever have a choice between visiting Man’s creation, and God’s creation, choose God’s. It is so fulfilling!

 Well, we are actually planning on going back to Yosemite this week to do some floating down the river.

10:53 AM - Jul. 17, 2007 - post comment

Hahaha!

Hahaha, I LOVED reading your post! Your pictures were SO funny! But when I read "Don't do it Rach! Where's Clarence? She wants to live again" I was like "Who's Clarence?" Josiah was laughing and laughing and he finally said, "Clarence, from "It's a wonderful Life"" Then I finally realized what you were talking about. It's pretty funny. :-)

Liveforeternity - 4:50 PM - Jul. 17, 2007

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Hey Linds!
I was "browsing random blogs" and after a little while it took me to yours! :-)
Haha I didn't get the "Don’t do it Rach!!! Where’s Clarence? She wants to live again" until Josiah was standing there laughing really hard! hehe Then he told us... ;-) That is soo funny! :-)
Ames

BelovedPeace - 7:43 PM - Jul. 17, 2007

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Now You Have Three

Rats! I was hoping to get on here first! Oh well. Like the post, like the pictures. Sounds like you had more fun in Yose-mite than in SF. (Even if it didn't have sourdough bread.)

Miwok lives!

Later,

BFH

P.S. I'm glad you didn't jump, Rachel.

DeusPrimus - 3:22 AM - Jul. 18, 2007

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I have commented...

thector87 - 10:48 PM - Jul. 20, 2007

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Well Thank you Thomas for the comment! Not too long, not too personal, straight to the point with no superflous fluff in between! There is no way you are not related to Ben.

Linds

Anonymous - 10:55 PM - Jul. 20, 2007

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This is soooo cool!!!

WOW! I now have another blog that I will have to check up on. I will miss you very, very,very,very,very,very,(o.k. i think that's enough very's) much. But as always have a blast and take lots of pictures. Love, Red
P.S. THIS IS A KIND REMINDER TO TRY AND SEND ATLEAST A LETTER , A PHONE MESSAGE OR POSTCARD THROUGH OUT YOUR JOURNEY.....

Anonymous - 9:24 PM - Jul. 23, 2007

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I have nothing to say but you guys are truly insane(but you always are)

We will miss you
Have a great trip!

Tink92 - 9:12 AM - Jul. 24, 2007

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You've been gone on day #1 for the whole day and you still don't have a new post yet??!! Did you get lost on the way to LA?!

Waiting somewhat impatiently...

Hip-Hand-Clap-Country-Boy
Tom-Tor
Nolan

thector87 - 4:29 PM - Jul. 24, 2007

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You all have been tagged

Ok, since their are alot of you guys, you all have to answer the questions.


1. What is the one thing you are afraid of?
2. When was the last time you laugh so hard, you cried?
3. where was the last place you visisted or who?
4. What are you not afriad of (that most are afriad of)?
5. who is your best friend?
6. how many people are in your family, your whole family? ( cousins, aunts, uncles...)
7. if you could have one wish, what would it be?
8. if you could go any where in the world where would you go?
9.If you could pick any car, what car would you pick?
10. If you could have any amimal, what would it be?(besides cats & dogs)

Now tag 3 other people

Tink92 - 4:34 PM - Jul. 24, 2007

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Alas!

Well Thomas, I doubt if they had left by 4:30PM yesterday. You know the Schroeder's, never schedule anything...

However, you should have left by now, and should have posted, and I should be reading about the drive to LA!!!! (See my latest post for advice on the proper posting techniques.)

Now, a moment of silence for Vino. Sigh...Ok, that is enough. Go Jens!

BFH

DeusPrimus - 10:09 AM - Jul. 25, 2007

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Oops

I forgot to put the last 2 questions on the tag-
1.What is your favorite drink for Starbucks?
2.What is your favorite drink for Jamba Juice?

Mandy Beech - 7:44 PM - Jul. 26, 2007

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I'm working on a real post right now, so be patient.
And it was quite fun reading your comment Ben, because we didn't end up leaving until 3 in the afternoon!

Linds

Anonymous - 4:54 PM - Jul. 27, 2007

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